Thoughts on Photography | #3 - Banalities (2)

Thoughts on Photography | #3 – Banalities (2)

I recently decided that I would like to start another very short column in addition to the book reviews – and I’m calling it ‘Thoughts on Photography’. Here, I will share a few personal thoughts on photographic topics from time to time – with as little text as possible (max. 3 minutes reading time) and few example images – perhaps just one. There will be no logical or strictly sequential order to the topics. But perhaps some inspiring or even controversial thoughts over the time… we will see. Feel free to share your thoughts with me…

#3 – Banalities (2)

Today, after dinner, I went for a good run around the block – not alone. My partner was with me and, as usual, I had my camera with me. But, as has often been the case in recent days, or perhaps even weeks, I came home without taking a single photo. Somehow, everything seemed too banal, or perhaps I simply didn’t see anything worth photographing. What actually constitutes something ‘worth photographing’?

At home, I had to think about this and about the last part about banalities. And I realised that I’m obviously not following my own advice at the moment. Maybe that’s too harshly put, or too harsh on myself. But that’s how it seems at the moment. In other words, I’m currently overlooking what I could actually see – and I don’t see it. Or I think it’s too banal. But it’s not…

When my eyes hopefully open again soon, I’ll see that everything can be interesting in some way. That everything can be a memory that only remains if I photograph it. Like, for example, a house left empty by friends who have been travelling the world for two months – and I’m looking after their house and garden. And a Bobby car, a watering can, a football, an empty tree house and an abandoned swing remind me exactly of that.